firefox 0.9.2

[Matthias Saou]

Norberto Quintanar wrote :

> > i have firefox .8
> > so if i want 0.9.2
> > i d/l the rpm then rpm -i
> > right?
> 
> You have some options, If you download the ppc.rpm for firefox then
> yes you would type:
> 
> rpm -ivh firefox*
> 
> > will that delete the .8 version?
> that would not delete the .8 version you would need to do
> 
> rpm -e firefox* before installing

Actually, rpm -U or rpm -F would be better in this case.
- U is "Upgrade" : Install if not already installed, or upgrade
- F is "Freshen" : Only upgrade if already installed

As a thumb rule, -i almost never needs to be used, only to install another
non-conflicting instance of the same package (very rare, think kernel
modules mainly), -U should be used instead, and when it's for a bunch of
files in a directory for which one only wants to upgrade the already
installed ones, -F is the time saving answer.

Matthias

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